Engineering:Bloch MB.700

Short description: 1940s French aircraft

MB.700
Role	Single-seat Interceptor
Manufacturer	Bloch
First flight	19 April 1940
Primary user	Armée de l'Air
Number built	1

The Bloch MB.700 was a French low-wing monoplane interceptor designed by Société des Avions Marcel Bloch during World War II.

Specifications

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in)
• Height: 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 12.40 m² (133.5 sq ft)
• Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône 14M-6 14-cyl. two-row air-cooled radial piston engine
• Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 550 km/h (340 mph, 300 kn)

Armament

• 2 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon with 60-round drum magazines
• 2 × 7.5 mm (0.295 in) MAC 1934 M39 machine guns with 500 rpg

Bibliography

• Roux, Robert J. (May 1970). "M. Bloch 700" (in fr). Le Album de Fanatique de l'Aviation (8): 6–7. ISSN 0757-4169.